The One Ring of Sauron the Great Quiz

Answer: Second

It was forged around 1600 Second Age and was considered the second greatest artifact ever created, behind only the Silmarils of Feanor.

Answer: Chambers of Fire

This was where the forges of Sauron were located and afforded him access to the volcanic fires. The Cracks of Doom, where Frodo, Sam, and Gollum ended up on Mount Doom, were large fissures in the floor of the Sammath Naur and was where the Ring could be, and was, destroyed.

Answer: Hot

The heat of Sauron's hand was enough to bring out the writing on the Ring. After Isildur cut the Ring off Sauron's hand, he was burned by its heat and could see the fine letters inscribed on it.

Answer: True

""Hold it up!" said Gandalf...As Frodo did so, he now saw fine lines, finer than the finest penstrokes, running along the ring, outside and inside: lines of fire that seemed to form letters of a flowing script." (quote taken from "The Fellowship of the Ring")

Answer: Elrond and Cirdan

Elrond was the herald of Gil-Galad, last High King of the Elves. Their advice was ignored by Isildur, who was determined to keep the Ring as an heirloom of his house. This act diminished the victory of the Last Alliance and caused much grief for another full Age of Middle-Earth.

Answer: The Gladden Fields

Isildur was on his way to begin his rule in Arnor when he and his party were ambushed by a massive host of Orcs. Isildur tried to escape by putting the Ring on and swimming across the river. The Ring betrayed him, however, when it slipped off his finger exposing him to the Orcs, who shot him full of arrows.

The Ring sank to the riverbed and remained there for over 2,000 years. Thus the Ring also became known as Isildur's Bane.

Answer: It was a gift from his grandmother

Smeagol actually killed his friend Deagol after he found the Ring while they were fishing. Smeagol used the Ring to play cruel jokes on the other hobbits and he was soon kicked out of the community. He always claimed that his grandmother had given the Ring to him as a birthday present.

Answer: 500 years

The Ring was found in approximately 2463 Third Age by Deagol who was immediately relieved of it by Gollum. Bilbo found it in 2941 Third Age during his expedition to the Lonely Mountain with Thorin and Company.

Answer: False

"It has been said that dragon-fire could melt and consume the Rings of Power, but there is not now any dragon left on earth in which the old fire is hot enough; nor was there ever any dragon, not even Ancalagon the Black, who could have harmed the One Ring..." (quote taken from "The Fellowship of the Ring")

Answer: Isildur's Bane

The Dunedain of Arnor referred to the Ring as Isildur's Bane as it brought about the death of Isildur in the early years of the Third Age. See Question 6 for more information.

Answer: 6

1) In the house of Tom Bombadil; 2) At the Prancing Pony (accidentally, after falling off a table); 3) On Weathertop, during the attack of the Ringwraiths; 4) and 5) During his confrontation with Boromir at Parth Galen. He puts it on to elude Boromir, runs to the top of the hill and sits in the Seat of Seeing.

He sees the Eye of Sauron looking for him and he takes it off. He then puts it back on to go back to the boats so he can secretly leave but is caught by Sam; 6) On Mount Doom, when he claims the Ring for his own.

Answer: Barad-dur

More commonly known as the Dark Tower, it was built during the Second Age and was completed using the power of the One Ring. Thus, the foundations could not be unmade while the Ring survived. After the Ring was destroyed, Barad-dur fell and never rose again.

Answer: Sam accidentally blurts it out

Sam accidentally mentions the Ring while speaking of Boromir's lust for it. While the hobbits become frightened, Faramir assures them he is not like his brother and does not desire the Ring. He proves true to his word and provides valuable aid to the hobbits.

Answer: Samwise the Strong

Fortunately, Sam passes this test of the Ring and realizes that the vision is nothing more than a trick. This act of rejection, more than anything else, gave him the blessing of the Valar to travel to Valinor later in his life.

Answer: 9

1) Sauron; 2) Isildur; 3) Deagol; 4) Smeagol (Gollum); 5) Bilbo; 6) Frodo; 7) Gandalf; 8) Tom Bombadil; 9) Sam. Of these, only Deagol and Gandalf never actually wear the Ring. Gandlaf holds it for a minute in the chapter "Shadow of the Past" in "The Fellowship of the Ring".

There is speculation that there could perhaps be one more, but this is never made clear. This is when Frodo first reaches Rivendell and he wakes to find the Ring on a new chain around his neck. Tolkien never gives an indication as to who handles the Ring at this time but my educated guess would say that it would have been Gandalf, mainly because I cannot imagine him allowing (or trusting) anyone else to do it. One can argue that it may have been Elrond as it does state that it was he who healed and tended to Frodo, but without any solid indication from Tolkien, I cannot include him in the answer.